GH’s Chris McKenna Pushes Back on Claims Jack Is Playing Carly

On General Hospital, Josslyn overheard Jack tell Cullum he was only dating Carly to get intel on Sonny. That should have played like a clean twist, but it didn’t because the scene lingered in the back of the viewers’ minds. Jack chose Carly even when it complicated his life, telling her that he loves her, and suddenly viewers were meant to believe it was all theatre. That disconnect is what sent Chris McKenna to social media, where he decided to stop letting the conversation run without him.

Key Takeaways

Fans were up in arms after Josslyn overheard Jack claim he was dating Carly to get information on Sonny.
McKenna responded on social media to push back on the idea that Jack’s feelings for Carly were fake.
He argued that Jack’s private emotional moments show sincerity, not performance.
He explained that editing choices made Jack’s intentions less clear than they were when the scene was filmed.
McKenna left open the question of Jack’s feelings toward Joss
while maintaining that his love for Carly is real.

When Jack’s Emotions Don’t Have an Audience

On X, formerly Twitter, McKenna wrote, “If Jack was faking his feelings for Carly, why would he be fake crying and being brokenhearted all year when there are no witnesses? There would also be no stakes with these sl’s. Sorry, guys. I know some folks WANT Jack to be faking. But the show has made it unequivocally clear he ain’t. #GH.”

The fans got into it with him, prompting the actor to further respond, “Arguing with a guy who has read the next 25 scripts is a wild kind of hubris.” A fan asked if he expected the fan pushback that resulted from the scene, and McKenna replied, “When I saw the way they edited it, I knew it would. It was clear as day Jack was putting on a show when we shot it. But with the camera distant, it wasn’t as obvious.”

He later shared a screenshot of Joss (Eden McCoy) and Jack talking on the pier, and captioned it, “As a counterpoint, Jack’s feelings for Joss have not been incontrovertibly proven. I have my feelings on the matter, but valid arguments could be made on either side. #GH (for those who don’t want Jack’s love for Carly to mean he can’t be a sh*thead).”

What McKenna Clarified and What He Left Open

Fans jumped in fast. One viewer admitted, “I knew he was lying, I just couldn’t articulate what felt off,” while another said, “It was obvious you were lying to Cullum to protect Carly.”

Someone else explained it more bluntly, writing, “Jack got in over his head and fell in love,” while another added, “He’s good at compartmentalizing his personal life and his job.”

McKenna dipped in and out of the replies, not to tidy things up, but to steady the ground, and he didn’t try to sell Jack as noble or clean. He just reminded everyone that feelings shown in empty rooms still count, and that pretending otherwise usually means ignoring half the story. (Find out how Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) isn’t quite the villain everyone thinks.)